MACRURAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MACRURAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MACRURAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MACRURAL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MACRURAL
No single letter turns MACRURAL into another word.
How MACRURAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MACRURAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MACRURAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MACRURAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Having a long tail or abdomen, as lobsters and crayfish do.
Zoologists describe macrural crustaceans when sorting those with extended abdomens from crabs. The term is rarely met outside textbooks.
How MACRURAL is used
Macrural is a zoological adjective.
- The lobster is a macrural crustacean.
- A macrural body plan includes a flexible tail.
- Old textbooks use macrural for long-tailed shrimps.
- The macrural species swam backwards.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MACRURAL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MACRURAL
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Common questions about MACRURAL
- Is MACRURAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MACRURAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MACRURAL worth?
- MACRURAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MACRURAL mean?
- Having a long tail or abdomen, as lobsters and crayfish do.
- What letters can be added to MACRURAL?
- No single letter can be added to MACRURAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MACRURAL:
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